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Colin Baker is an English actor and writer best known for his role as the sixth incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. He was born on 8 June 1943 in Waterloo, London, England, UK. Baker began his career in the theatre, appearing in various productions in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He made his television debut in 1975, appearing in the BBC drama series The Brothers. He went on to appear in a number of other television series, including The Professionals, The Bill, and Minder. In 1984, Baker was cast as the sixth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who. He played the role for three seasons, from 1984 to 1986, and made a brief return in the 1993 charity special Dimensions in Time. Baker has also appeared in a number of films, including The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974), The Monster Club (1980), and The King's Whore (1990). He has also appeared in a number of stage productions, including The Rocky Horror Show, The Wizard of Oz, and The Sound of Music. Baker is married to actress and writer Sue Jerrard, with whom he has two children. He currently lives in London.

Popular As Colin Charles Baker
Occupation actor,writer
Age 79 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 8 June 1943
Birthday 8 June
Birthplace Waterloo, London, England, UK
Nationality United Kingdom

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Colin Baker Height, Weight & Measurements

At 79 years old, Colin Baker height is 6' (1.83 m) .

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Who Is Colin Baker's Wife?

His wife is Marion Baker (1982 - present) ( 5 children), Liza Goddard (1976 - ?) ( divorced)

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Wife Marion Baker (1982 - present) ( 5 children), Liza Goddard (1976 - ?) ( divorced)
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Colin Baker Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Colin Baker worth at the age of 79 years old? Colin Baker’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from United Kingdom. We have estimated Colin Baker's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2023 $1 Million - $5 Million
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Timeline

2002

He participated in the 12th series of I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! (2002) in 2012, finishing 8th out of 12 celebrities.

1994

The Fast Show (1994) character Colin Hunt is modeled after Colin Baker.

1989

He is one of three "Doctor Who" actors who portrayed the Doctor on television to appear in an episode of Casualty (1986). (So far, he has appeared twice - once on September 15, 1989 and once on January 3, 1998.) The others are Sylvester McCoy and Christopher Eccleston.

1986

TV work included a guest appearance in the BBC's Casualty (1986) and presenting assignments on programmes for the Children's Channel. After directing a play called "Bazaar and Rummage", Baker was asked to play the Doctor once again - this time on stage, taking over from Jon Pertwee in the Mark Furness Ltd production, "The Ultimate Adventure". This tour proved to him that, despite the brevity of his time as the Doctor on TV, he had amassed a loyal following amongst younger viewers.

1985

He was considered for the role of Col. Colin Caine in Lifeforce (1985).

1984

As incumbent Time Lord in the mid-1980s, his duties included opening Blackpool Pleasure Beach's Space Invader ride on Tuesday 21st August 1984, and officiating at British Telecom's Speaking Clock switch-over (from Pat Simmons to Brian Cobby) on Tuesday 2nd April 1985.

1983

After the death of his son Jack in 1983, he became active in increasing the profile of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). He has raised funds for the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths.

1980

He also had a few further TV roles, including one as "Bayban" in "Blake's 7: City at the Edge of the World" (BBC, 1980) and one opposite Nyree Dawn Porter and Ian Hendry in the drama series, For Maddie with Love (1980) (ATV, 1980).

1977

These predictions proved somewhat wide of the mark as not only did Baker go on to great success but so too did his fellow students - David Suchet (who amongst many other achievements starred in LWT's award-winning productions of Agatha Christie's "Poirot") and Mel Martin (whose numerous credits include the series Love for Lydia (1977), also for LWT). After leaving LAMDA, Baker took a temporary job driving a taxi in Minehead in order to be near his then-girlfriend.

1972

This was "Paul Merroney" in the BBC1 series The Brothers (1972). After "The Brothers", Baker married actress Liza Goddard, who had played his on-screen wife in the series, but the marriage eventually ended in divorce. Baker later married actress Marion Wyatt. Theatre work kept Baker almost constantly busy for the next five years including appearances in everything from comedies to thrillers, as well as more Shakespeare.

1971

This led to further TV roles, including two more for BBC2: "Count Wenceslas Steinbock" in "Balzac's Cousin Bette" (1971) and "Prince Anatol Kuragin" in an ambitious twenty-part serialisation of Lev Tolstoy's "War and Peace" (1972-72). He also took on a wide range to theatre work, including several William Shakespeare festivals, appearing in productions of "Macbeth" and "Hamlet". In the mid-seventies, Baker landed the role that would make him "the man viewers love to hate".

1970

He then received a call to come to London to audition for a part in a BBC2 drama series called Roads to Freedom (1970), which he won.

1963

Baker's next TV role after "For Maddie with Love" was as "Maxil" in the Doctor Who (1963) story, "Arc of Infinity". Shortly before Baker took the role of the Doctor on "Doctor Who", he and his wife suffered the loss of their baby son, Jack, to cot death syndrome. Baker subsequently became a passionate fund raiser for the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths, with many of is personal appearance fees being donated to the charity. Baker's time as the sixth Doctor was cut unexpectedly short, initially by BBC One controller Michael Grade's hiatus between the twenty-second and twenty-third seasons and then by the decision of Grade to oust him from the role. After his departure from "Doctor Who", the actor returned to the theatre, appearing in highly successful runs of "Corpse" and "Deathtrap" and having a four-month stint in the West End farce, "Run for Your Wife", with Terry Scott.

1954

It was 1954 and the series was called My Wife's Sister (1956), starring Eleanor Summerfield, Martin Wyldeck and Helen Christie. Colin Baker went on to attend St. Bede's College in Manchester, where he was invited to take part in their annual productions of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. The twelve-years-old Baker appeared in the chorus for a production of "Yeoman of the Guard" and, a year later, landed a more major part - playing the female lead, "Phyllis" - in "Iolanthe". After completing his schooling, Baker went on to study law. One day during this period, he and his mother went to see an amateur production of "The King and I" at the Palace Theatre, Manchester. Inspired by the performance and encouraged by the president of the company that had staged the Amateur Dramatic Society and quickly became hooked on acting. Baker took a job as a solicitor but, as time went on, became less and less interested in this career. Finally, at the age of twenty-three, he decided to become a full-time actor. Baker joined the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), where he trained for three years. At the end of this, he was summoned with two of his fellow students to see the head of the drama school, who gave them rather gloomy predictions for their future prospects as actors and suggested that they seek alternative careers.

1943

Colin Baker was born in 1943 in the Royal Waterloo Lying-In Hospital in London during an air raid. He spent his earliest years in London with his mother, while his father served in the armed forces. He narrowly avoided an early death during the wartime blitz when a piece of flying shrapnel just missed him, embedding itself in the side of his cot. After the war, Baker's father took a job as managing director of an asbestos company in Manchester. The family moved north to live in Rochdale, although Baker attended school in Manchester. It was during his early schooling that - through the mother of one of his fellow pupils, who was a casting director at Granada TV - he had his first experience of acting.